Analysts gave a forecast for the US bill on assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

As the chief researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economic Sciences Vladimir Vasiliev, recalled, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson stated that he was categorically against this project.

“There is a procedural issue, and the Democrats may try to use it. That is, Johnson may refuse to put the project to a vote, but the House of Representatives may adopt the corresponding procedural rule and put it to a vote. To do this, the signatures of 218 congressmen must be collected. Then it will be possible, bypassing the speaker’s decision, to put the project up for discussion and, well, a vote. The fact is that the Democrats now have 213 votes, and this is not enough. They will need Republican votes. 20-30 congressmen are in favor of helping Ukraine, they may go over to the side of the Democrats,” said RT’s interlocutor.

Also, according to his forecast, Johnson may “break up” this bill into several projects, trying to gain time.

“Time is not working for this initiative... Any delay in time, from my point of view, leads to the fact that this initiative can be talked about and scuttled,” he concluded.

In turn, political scientist, member of the board of the Russian Association of Political Science Vladimir Shapovalov said that the likelihood of this bill passing through the lower house is very low due to the conflict of interests of Republicans and Democrats, and also because the Republicans consider the protection of the southern border from migration.

“And in this regard, the likelihood that this bill will be adopted in the near future is essentially zero. There is a possibility that sooner or later the Republicans and Democrats will come to an agreement. And, apparently, this will happen, but the result should be a compromise between the two parties, which, in all likelihood, will be significantly different from the option that now exists,” the analyst explained.

In his opinion, if assistance to Ukraine is nevertheless provided, it will be significantly lower than the amount that exists now.

Earlier it was reported that American senators voted for a bill to allocate assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

The document now faces a vote in the US House of Representatives.